I end up doing quite a bit of computer support for a variety of people throughout my day, weeks and months on an ongoing basis. There’s the normal PC support for clients with my day job, but then after hours I’m also supporting clients from some of my moonlighting gigs as well as the computers for friends and family.

I enjoy being helpful for people, but saying yes to being helpful takes you away from home where you’d probably rather be anyway. One of the truths of supporting some people’s computers is that some of the steps required are time …read more

I was reminded today of one of the odd tools we use on a regular basis that most people would think is absolutely meaningless or at least not even worthy of being called a PC maintenance tool. However, we begin using this little device immediately with every new machine we purchase and begin using.
I’ve also been known to ask my clients to make use of this very item as a great way to keep their machine running as needed and utilities available when needed for their machine as well.
Yep, that’s it! Ziploc bags!
Now I realize it’s not glamorous or some …read more